Coil-winding apparatus.



F. B. SEGUE.

COIL WINDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATIDN FILED NOV. Il. 1916.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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F. B. SEGUR.

COIL WINDING APPARATUS.

APPLlcATloN msn Nov. l. 19|6.

1,244,187. Patented 001;. 23.1917.

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fixed whereby any y= B. SEGUE., or cloaoo, ILLINOIS.

COIL-'WINDING APPARATUS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. ae, reir.

Application led November 1, 1916. Serial No. 128,595.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK B. SEGUR, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State Another object of my invention is to provide a coil windin apparatus adjustable to vary the length, width, thickness and depth of the coil and to change the configuration oi the ends of the coil and the parts for effecting said adjustments capable of being number of variously formed coils of uniform dimensions and shape may be wound.

@ther and further objects oi my invention will become readily apparent to persons skilled in the art, from a consideration of the 'following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein z- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the coil winding apparatus showing the various positions oi" the coil receiving parts in dotted lines.v

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line i 3-,3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. l is a transverse section taken on line 4 4 oi Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a si e elevation of a modification oi Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on y 1in@ e-e of Fig. 5.

Fig. 'Z' is a coil wound by thecoil winding apparatus.

Fig. 8 shows the second step in subse? quently reshaping the coil.

Fig. 9 shows the coilshaped and extended as the finished product, ready for applica@ tion to the magnetic core.

.- j ustable gig. 10 shows an end View of thek finished co Fig. 11 shows another form of coilthat may be wound upon the apparatus.

Fig. 12 shows the second step of reshaping the coil.

` Fig. 13 shows further shaping and tapering of the second coil.

Fig. 14 shows an end View of Fig. 13. ln all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

In preparing form-wound coils for application to armature cores or stator frames of dynamo electric machines, the coils are first wound upon a rotating frame to facilitate the operation of subsequently forming the coils. The coils are then taped and subsequently placed in a coil-shaping machinel whereby they are reshaped so that they will readily fall into positions in the slots prepared for them on the cores of armatures or stators of dynamo electric machines. ln winding coils of this character it is essential that certain allowances be made to compensate for the take up incident to reshaping so that when the coils are finished they will be of the proper dimensions to it snugly and neatly on the cores around which they are to be placed.

ln my coil winding apparatus the parts that determine the length of the coil are adtoward and from each other and along the path of such adjustable parts l have placed a scale graduated to indicate the length of the coil leither directly or indirectly and an index on the movable member and on these coil-forming supports li provide rotatable coil-holdin parts, or wings, which determine the wi th ofthe coil and the shape of the coil ends by rotating them about the axis of the :first mentioned coil-forming parts. y0n each of these coil# supporting members there are adjustable parts Jfor determining the width oi the coil. l' have also provided an adjustable vstop on the frame to which said coil supports may be returned after beingmoved toward each other to facilitate removal of the coil from the winding apparatus.

ln lthe speci parallel bars 20 and 20 are held together countersunk screws 23, 23. The ,trame thus c embodiment shown, two

' having screw-threa made issecured to a lu 24 which terminates in a centrally dispose rearwardly extend ing hub 25. rll`he hub is intended as a means tor securing the device to a chuck or other holding part oi a suitable rotatable tool.

The lug 24 is substantially square andis provided with depressions within which the side members or bars and 20 of 4the frame, are contained and in which they are secured by the screws 26. A plate 27 is secured to or is an integral part of the lug 24 and extends on either side'of the 1u and at riht angles to the frame compose of the i members 20 and 20. To this plate and to the ends of the frame 28 a safety guard like a flat ring may be secured.

Extending axially of the frame 28, composed of the members 20-20, is a rotatable screw 29 provided with a right hand screw 0 threaded end 30 and a left hand screw threaded end 3l. rl`he screw 29 nds bear- /igs in the end members 21 and 22 and is squared at its end, as at 32, for a suitable wrench by which it is to be rotated. 0n

each end of the 4frame 28 is a wire-receiving coil-forming device comprising a stud 33 ded engagement with the screw 29 and squared, as at 34, and cut away between the squared and round portions so as to provide depressions to receive the frame members 20 and 20 of the frame 28. rlhese studs are freely slidable between the frame members and movable by the screw 29 when the latter is rotated as by means of 35 a wrench or key suitably to engage the squared head 32. When the screw is turned 1n a given direction the studs 33-33 will approach each other and when turned in the opposite direction they will be caused to 40 move away from each other, decreasing the distance between them when rotated in one direction and increasing the distance between them when rotated in the opposite direction. "Each of the studs 33 is provided 5 with a rounded portion 35 upon which to support a wing member 40. The wing member 40 is slotted, as at 37, to provide two arms, 38 and 39, between which to radially adjust a wire receiving member 36.

The latter member consists of a threaded stud 4l provided with threaded nuts 42 and 43, whereby to secure the member 36 at adjusted position on the arms 38 and 39. A washer or collar 44 is adjustable along the stem 4i and held in position by means oit a screw 45 to leave a wire-receiving coil-forming space 46 between said collar and the washer 42. The wing member 40 is rota# table upon the round portion 35 of the stud a@ 33 and may be secured in adjusted position by the screw 47. Projecting axially from the stud 33 is a screw-threaded stem 48, threaded at its inner end 49 for adjustable connection with said stud. A screw 50 will e5 hold the stem 48 in adjusted position. 'llhe nannies outer end, 5l, of thestem 48, is threadedor a nut 52 which is preferably equal in diameter to the rounde strd 33. rllhe nut 52 is adapted to be Screwed up to a ed point controlled 'by the shoulder 54 on the stem and adaptedto be removed for taking the coil od of the winding apparatus.

Fig. l shows that the wing member 40 may be rotated upon the stud 33 to various positions, shown in dottedlines, in order to shapethe ends of the coils to be wound upon the device. When the wing member has been rotated to a new position, 1 t 1s secured in place by the screw 47 which engages the stud 33. The wire space 46, between tlie spacing washers, may be lncreased or decreased by moving the washer 44 onthe stem 41 and securing it in place by the screw l45 and by moving the stem 48 outwardly may be wound upon the device.

rlhe coil shown in Fig. 7 1s wound upon the device when the parts are 1n the positions shown in full lines in Eig. l. To wind the coils, shown in Fig. lll, it is only necessary to remove the member 40 and stem I41, on the lett hand side of the device, leaving the wing40 on the right hand side, 1n the position shown. 'llo wind a square ended coil, the wing 40 on the right4 side is moved into `dotted line position indicated at a and the wing on the left to position a. rllhe studs 33 may then be separated to the desired distance by rotation of the screw 29. Other and man are the various forms of coils that may e wound upon the device, by changing positions of the wings 40 and the distancey between said wings, by rotation oir' the screw 29.

To further extend the capacity of the device, or to increase its availability for a larger number of coils of varying shapes, l may use two wings 40-40 on the same studs, as shown in the modicationbf Fig. 5. Fig. 5 shows the wings in position in which a diamond pointed coil may be wound. rlhe wings may be adjusted rotatively around the stud 33 so as to leccupy any desired positions and the wings on the two wire-receiving devices may be adjusted differently to form coils of any peculiar or desired shape.

A stop, or slide 55, is adjustable alo thel frame 28 and is secured in mi position by screw 56. The object of this stop isto adord a oint where the wire holding devices may brought bach after they have been moved closer together for the purpose of removing the coils.

vWhile ll have hereinshown a single enabodiment of my invention, for the purpose of clear disclosure, it is manifest that many detail changes may be made within the portion 35 of the ize is@ v amas? scope and intendment of the accompanying claims without departure from the spirlt of my invention.

Having described my invention, what claim is l l. A `coil winding form comprising a I frame; adjustable studslongitudinally movable on said frame; an arm or wing, for holding a coil support, pivoted to' each said stud and a coil support longitudinally adjustable on each said arm and radially with reference to the respective stud.

2. A coil Winding form comprising a frame; adjustable studs longitudinally movable on said frame; ,a plurality of arms or Wings, each forholding a coil support, and independently pivoted on the respective studs and a coil su port on each said arm adjustable longitudlnallythereon and radif all With reference to the respective stud.

vn testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

STANLEY W. Coon, FoRE BAIN. 

